Two rooms and a veranda of an apartment in a building on via Abuzzi, near the stadium, had become hell for 23 cats crammed there and left in the dirt. To the point of becoming, in spite of themselves, a bomb from a hygienic-sanitary point of view. Probably for months those animals, a third of which are kittens, have been victims of total neglect by the owner. Until, after repeated reports from neighbors and the interest of the condominium administrator, also following the fall from above of one of the cats, those in charge took action yesterday morning to put an end to that outrage.
The owner of the house, who denies that there is any talk of abandoned cats, was contacted by phone before the “blitz”. But she replied that she was out of town and had no intention of returning to the home that had come under scrutiny. At that point, ASL workers, firefighters, local police officers and volunteers from the cat shelter went into action. Once they had opened a passage, also using the 115 ladder truck, a disgusting scene unfolded before their eyes. There was a lot of excrement everywhere, to the point that it had filled the sink in the veranda to the brim. Obviously the stench was unbearable. From the first checks, not yet concluded, no dead cats were found, but the state of abandonment and neglect was evident. So much so that the person in charge now risks being charged with animal abuse.
Luckily, apart from the bad smell due to being in their own feces, the cats that were rescued and transported in carriers to the shelter do not appear to be in terrible condition. At first glance, no obvious signs of malnutrition were even noticed. More accurate checks will be needed to evaluate the health conditions of each specimen, but the impression is that the animals removed from that unhealthy domestic environment can recover with the due attention that they have not received until now. The kind of attention that the volunteers of the facility in via Giulio Pastore, managed by Enpa, under the direction of Francesca Falzaresi and with the help of historic friends of cats, such as Manuela Siboni, will now provide with their usual dedication.
